Gilles Verniers
@gillesverniers.bsky.social
Researcher at CERI, Sciences Po. Indian political data, politics.
My two cents on the Bihar results. The MGB failed to provide voters with reasons to vote for it: m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-c...
Centre-state Patnaship: What powered the NDA tsunami & sank the MGB in Bihar - The Economic Times
Bihar's electorate has spoken decisively, favoring the NDA and bestowing an incredible tenth term upon Nitish Kumar. With an impressive vote share and new seats won, the outcomes stand in stark contra...
m.economictimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 AM
My two cents on the Bihar results. The MGB failed to provide voters with reasons to vote for it: m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-c...
I recast the question of dynasticism in its broader elitist context, in @timesofindia. True in Bihar, true in India.
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I recast the question of dynasticism in its broader elitist context, in @timesofindia. True in Bihar, true in India.
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Doesn't explain beyond India"
"Doesn't explain beyond India"
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“no novel theoretical contribution”
“no novel theoretical contribution”
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“How is this economics?”
“How is this economics?”
October 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Doesn't explain beyond India"
"Doesn't explain beyond India"
Word.
More than a decade of effort went into this magnificent dataset. What an incredible public good. People need to know how hard it is to do rigorous empirical work in political science.
Very happy to be able to share the polling-level dataset on Indian Parliamentary Elections 2009, 2014, 2019 that we have been working on for more than a decade. Both the data and the data descriptor are open access: rdcu.be/eujHH
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
@statsvitenskap.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Word.
When Institutions Work: Why Nicolas Sarkozy's Conviction Is Remarkable
It is a rare instance of assertion of the rule of law and of the principle of equality before the law. thewire.in/world/when-i...
It is a rare instance of assertion of the rule of law and of the principle of equality before the law. thewire.in/world/when-i...
When Institutions Work: Why Nicolas Sarkozy's Conviction Is Remarkable
It is a rare instance of assertion of the rule of law and of the principle of equality before the law.
thewire.in
October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When Institutions Work: Why Nicolas Sarkozy's Conviction Is Remarkable
It is a rare instance of assertion of the rule of law and of the principle of equality before the law. thewire.in/world/when-i...
It is a rare instance of assertion of the rule of law and of the principle of equality before the law. thewire.in/world/when-i...
My piece on the role of caste in Bihar politics.
October 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My piece on the role of caste in Bihar politics.
...there is a fundamental difference between curbing caste and concealing caste. ...Making caste invisible does not make it disappear. ...Dominance continues quietly, while democratic expression loses one of its tools. My piece on the caste display ban in UP m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-c...
Never mind intent, banning caste display doesn’t diminish but reinforces invisible ways caste works - The Economic Times
The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a ban on caste-based displays. This includes police records and public signs. The move follows a court order and aims to end caste discrimination. Supporters s...
m.economictimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
...there is a fundamental difference between curbing caste and concealing caste. ...Making caste invisible does not make it disappear. ...Dominance continues quietly, while democratic expression loses one of its tools. My piece on the caste display ban in UP m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-c...
Deeply saddened that Sankarshan Thakur has passed away. A fiercely independent man, friend to young and seasoned journalists and always generous and patient with scholars. A loss for his beloved home state of Bihar, to journalism, and to all of us.
September 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Deeply saddened that Sankarshan Thakur has passed away. A fiercely independent man, friend to young and seasoned journalists and always generous and patient with scholars. A loss for his beloved home state of Bihar, to journalism, and to all of us.
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My advisor at Clemson was a Chicago history PhD, and I spent a summer working on my Latin at Chicago while I was at Brown.
This is truly awful.
But the Dalek references are top notch. 🤖
This is truly awful.
But the Dalek references are top notch. 🤖
My op-ed in the @chicagomaroon.bsky.social on the University of Chicago’s appalling plans to gut the humanities and possibly eliminate the South Asian studies department chicagomaroon.com/48353/viewpo...
Lost in Extraterrestrial Translation
The University celebrates the success of area studies alumni, all the while erasing the programs that made those careers possible.
chicagomaroon.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
My advisor at Clemson was a Chicago history PhD, and I spent a summer working on my Latin at Chicago while I was at Brown.
This is truly awful.
But the Dalek references are top notch. 🤖
This is truly awful.
But the Dalek references are top notch. 🤖
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Un des meilleurs spécialistes de l’Inde contemporaine, @gillesverniers.bsky.social, a passé le printemps à enseigner cette matière à 40 étudiants de @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social. Quelle chance!
June 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Un des meilleurs spécialistes de l’Inde contemporaine, @gillesverniers.bsky.social, a passé le printemps à enseigner cette matière à 40 étudiants de @sciencepo-udem.bsky.social. Quelle chance!
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Looking for a good summer reading list? Read the Naval Academy’s list of removed books www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read the Naval Academy’s list of removed books
The Navy released the titles of 381 books that were removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library on the Annapolis, Md., campus this week because their subject matter was seen as being related ...
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Looking for a good summer reading list? Read the Naval Academy’s list of removed books www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
For those who thought that only social scientists and humanities scholars would be affected. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:51 AM
For those who thought that only social scientists and humanities scholars would be affected. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
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No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
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National parks were the main places I wanted my kids to see, and I wrote about them in THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. Breaks my heart that the book is coming out as Trump tries to make good on his plans to destroy them. I hope my book helps the effort to fight back. www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
National parks were the main places I wanted my kids to see, and I wrote about them in THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP. Breaks my heart that the book is coming out as Trump tries to make good on his plans to destroy them. I hope my book helps the effort to fight back. www.thelastamericanroadtrip.com
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Vague enough for deniability,but general enough to terrorize.
Obviously there is a hierarchy of victims, but don't assume you are safe because you are white, pro-Israel, U.S. citizen, whatever. This is not about terrorism, anti-semitism or "anti-Americanism". This is about total control!
Obviously there is a hierarchy of victims, but don't assume you are safe because you are white, pro-Israel, U.S. citizen, whatever. This is not about terrorism, anti-semitism or "anti-Americanism". This is about total control!
March 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Vague enough for deniability,but general enough to terrorize.
Obviously there is a hierarchy of victims, but don't assume you are safe because you are white, pro-Israel, U.S. citizen, whatever. This is not about terrorism, anti-semitism or "anti-Americanism". This is about total control!
Obviously there is a hierarchy of victims, but don't assume you are safe because you are white, pro-Israel, U.S. citizen, whatever. This is not about terrorism, anti-semitism or "anti-Americanism". This is about total control!
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One day, we'll look back on this as just Step 1 of removing women from any position of public authority.
No one is making a fuss, because it's just women, so Step 2 will be easier.
The broligarchs have already stated repeatedly that they regard women's right to vote in America as a "mistake."
No one is making a fuss, because it's just women, so Step 2 will be easier.
The broligarchs have already stated repeatedly that they regard women's right to vote in America as a "mistake."
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One day, we'll look back on this as just Step 1 of removing women from any position of public authority.
No one is making a fuss, because it's just women, so Step 2 will be easier.
The broligarchs have already stated repeatedly that they regard women's right to vote in America as a "mistake."
No one is making a fuss, because it's just women, so Step 2 will be easier.
The broligarchs have already stated repeatedly that they regard women's right to vote in America as a "mistake."
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Amherst at dusk
February 20, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Amherst at dusk
"Over the years, I watched some batshit events. This one was right up there. Men and women fighting imaginary battles against an establishment of which they are part. Fighting diversity, inclusion, equality. Anyone who looks and thinks differently to them".
Nigel Farage, Jordan Peterson & co worship each other in alt-right heaven | John Crace
Welcome to the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference, a fatuous echo chamber of self-congratulation
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Over the years, I watched some batshit events. This one was right up there. Men and women fighting imaginary battles against an establishment of which they are part. Fighting diversity, inclusion, equality. Anyone who looks and thinks differently to them".
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The relevant political cleavage is not policy, it is constitutional order. We can fight bitterly over every policy once we agree that the rules must endure in order to protect the republic
February 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The relevant political cleavage is not policy, it is constitutional order. We can fight bitterly over every policy once we agree that the rules must endure in order to protect the republic
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
February 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
Amherst church well versed in social science literature.
February 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Amherst church well versed in social science literature.
Amherst College
February 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Amherst College